joining me now alan kruger counsel of the president's economic advisors. i could imagine you heard others say this, mr. zandi said nothing good in this job's report, do you concur? >> chuck every month when i go on your show, i say the same thing. the monthly jobs numbers are volatile. the president said last february when we had a very good report that the numbers were going to go up and down, that is the nature the economy. we still face a fragile world economy with lots of head winds out there. from europe and spikes in gasoline prices, and that's just the nature of economic recoveries. they don't move in straight lines. >> we have three key moments coming up in the next five yeeks. when it comes to europe. tough greek elections. you have the g20 meeting. you have the eu that has to meet and make a decision and respond to whatever the greeks decide to do. never mind spain or italy. do you see any improvement on the horizon? doesn't this mean a longer trend of downward spiral here? >> i think there are headwinds coming from a number of sources. europe is